Collapsible display stand

ABSTRACT

In a collapsible display stand, including a transparent bag suspended from a standing frame, an improved, unitary articlesupporting floor and header panel assembly carried in the bag, the header panel joined to and extending upwardly of the floor and provided with laterally projecting tabs positioned to abut and bear upon the floor to obviate pivotal forward collapse of the header panel.

States Patent 1 1 3,593,768

[72] Inventor Ronald ll.'llaul11 5 k f re g cit d I N a??? UNITED STATES PATENTS [2H P 2,230,866 2/1941 Krout 206/44(M) [22] Flled Junellll,l969

2,787,310 4/1957 Zerbe... 150/49 23 Continuation-impart of Ser. No. 645,438, 9

12 1967 P N 3471 2,825,l63 3/l958 Perett1.. 40/30 June 3,471,960 l0/l969 Taub 1s0/49x 451 Patented July 20, 1971 [73] Assignee tCharles Kirshbaum and Ethel Tnub, as Primary Norton Trustees of the Taub Famil Tm lU/A, Attorney-Kegan, Megan and Herkman Sept. 11,1967

[54] COLLAPSIBLE DISPLAY STAND Chum 3 Drawing ABSTRACT: in a collapsible display stand,- including a trans- [52] U.S.Cl 150/49, parent bag suspended from a standing frame, an improved, 40/308 unitary article-supporting floor and header panel assembly [51] Int. lCl 3/00, carried in the bag, the header panel joined to and extending G09f l/IO upwardly of the floor and provided with laterally projecting [50] Field olSearch .1 /49, 50, tabs positioned to abut and bear upon the floor to obviate 51; 40/308, 3 l 2 pivotal forward collapse of the header panel.

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provement in the floor and header panel assembly'of the prior art device. To the extent not inconsistent with the present application, the disclosure of patent application Ser. No. 645,438, now US. Pat. No. 3,471,960 is specifically. incorporated herein by reference.

The prior art display bins which find .utility in the'applica-.

tion to which the present invention is directed have objectionable features which have limited or impaired their usefulness and have deterred their widespread acceptance-While the display bin referred to above has obviated many of the shortcomings of prior art devices, it has become evident that;

furtherimprovement is possible. The instant application -is directed to such an improvement. 7

It is a principal object of the invention to provide in a display container or bin, an improved article'supporting floor and header panel assembly including tab means to stabilize the form bar-enclosing casings 60. Any other preferred technique, such as stitching, may be used for securing the bag to its supporting frame.

Supported in the transparent plastic bag 50 is the improved article-supporting floor and header panel assembly 70 of the invention. As clearly illustrated in PEG. 1, the assembly includes a tray, floor or base 72 to which is joined an upwardly extending header card, panel or placard 76. The floor serves as a support for articles to be displayed, and the placard 76 is used for descriptive material to impart information and to promote product sales. In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated, and floor and placard assembly constitute a unitary structure fabricated of paper boarder the like, a fold line '80 dividing the horizontally extending floor 72 from the upwardly projecting placard 76.

As seen most clearly in FIG. 2, the horizontal bar 44 serves as a rear support for the placard 76. A pair of tabs or web ele- -ments'86 and 86a joined to the header panel 76 at opposed the base 72 and to come into positive abutment thereagainst lateral limits thereof near the panel base project generally forto preclude pivotal displacement of the header panel 76 about header panel physically with respect to the article-supporting floor, tray, or base of the assembly.

It is a related object of the invention to providein a single, performed blank an article-supporting floor and header panel assembly which includes integrally formed-webs ortabs readily positionable to preclude pivotal collapse or folding bf the header panel toward the floor therebeneath.

Still another object of the invention is to provide, inka frame-supported plastic display bag an-article supporting floor and header panel in which complex auxiliarymeans for securing the header panel to the support frame are obviated.

Yet another object of the invention is to providea'readily fabricated, low'cost display bin of simplified yet highly effective functional construction.

A related object of the invention is to provide a display'bin will become apparent form a reading of the following specifi cation taken in conjunction with the drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a display bin including the improved floor and header panel of the invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on theline 2-2 ofFlG. l; and

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view take on the line 31-'-3 of H6. 1.

Theaims and objects of .the invention are realized,-in accordance with the practice of the present invention, through the expedient of what may appear to be a minor physical modification but which is, in fact, an important improvement in the unitary floor and header panel which constitutes apart of the display stand.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, there is shown.

in FIG. 1 a display stand 20 including a pair of inverted U- shaped support members 24 and 26 pivotally connected to each other at crossover points 30 of legs 36 and-38 depending from the horizontal bares 42 and 44 of the U-shaped members 24 and 26. In the particular preferred embodiment of'the invention illustrated, folding links or braces 48 and 48a limitthe extent to which the legs diverge and impart stability to the final structure. The U-shaped members are conveniently fabricated of lightweight metal tubing.

A bar 50, preferably of transparent flexible sheet plastic, is suspended from the opposed horizontal bars 42 and 44, the

- upper peripheral edge portion of the bag being folded over the horizontal bars and extending downwardly to form a hem or cuff 56. Securement of the bag in position is preferablyeffected by heat sealing of-the hem or cufl to the bag itselfto the foldline and toward the base 72. That is, the tabs 86 'and'86a serve in combination with the bar 44 to maintain the header panel -76 in an upright position independently of .whether there are articles present in the basket, bag, or bin 50.

In order to ensure that the tabs 86 and 86a will come into contact with the base or floor 72, in apreferred embodiment of the invention the floor 72 is provided at opposed corresponding lateral limits thereof with a pair of integral side flanges 90 and 90a defining generally vertical sidewall means to retain thetabs in a position above the base 72 by precluding lateral'outward shifting of thetabs 86 and 86a.

What I claim is: 1. In a merchandise display stand including a bag for holding articles to be displayed, a collapsible frame supporting said bag, and a trayand. header card assembly,

the improvement wherein said tray and header card as- 1 sembly comprises:

a traylike base nested within said bag and extending in a generally horizontal plane thereacr'oss, said base 'forming an article-supporting floor in said bag,

a header panel joined to said base along a rear edge portion thereof and extending generally ulpwardly of said base and above said frame supporting aid bag,

. said'header panel adapted for displaying descriptive material to impart information and to promote product sales,

an upper bar extendinglaterally of said frame and constituting a rear abutment support for said header panel to limit rearward pivotal displacement of said header panelabout "said base,

a pair of tabs joined to said header panel atopposed side margins thereof and projecting generally forwardly of a plane defined by said header panel,

. said tabs including lower edge portions disposed to overlie said base and to come into positive abutment thereagainst upon forward pivotal displacement of said header panel about said base, thereby to obviate forward pivotal collapse of saidheader panel toward said base an to maintain said header panel in an upright position irrespective of whether there are articles present in said basket.

2. Adisplay panel as set forth in claim 1 and further comprising,

a pair of side-flanges connected to and extending generally normally and upwardly of said base at opposed corresponding-lateral limits thereof,

said flanges defining generally vertical sidewall means retaining said tabs therebetween and limiting shifting of said tabs laterally outwardly from a position of engagement with-said base.

3. A display stand as set forth in claim l wherein said tray and header card assembly constitutes a one-piece blank of front to rear fold lines.

5. A display stand as set forth in claim 1 wherein said tabs are integral lateral extensions of said header panel. 

1. In a merchandise display stand including a bag for holding articles to be displayed, a collapsible frame supporting said bag, and a tray and header card assembly, the improvement wherein said tray and header card assembly comprises: a traylike base nested within said bag and extending in a generally horizontal plane thereacross, said base forming an article-supporting floor in said bag, a header panel joined to said base along a rear edge portion thereof and extending generally upwardly of said base and above said frame supporting aid bag, said header panel adapted for displaying descriptive material to impart information and to promote product sales, an upper bar extending laterally of said frame and constituting a rear abutment support for said header panel to limit rearward pivotal displacement of said header panel about said base, a pair of tAbs joined to said header panel at opposed side margins thereof and projecting generally forwardly of a plane defined by said header panel, said tabs including lower edge portions disposed to overlie said base and to come into positive abutment thereagainst upon forward pivotal displacement of said header panel about said base, thereby to obviate forward pivotal collapse of said header panel toward said base an to maintain said header panel in an upright position irrespective of whether there are articles present in said basket.
 2. A display panel as set forth in claim 1 and further comprising, a pair of side flanges connected to and extending generally normally and upwardly of said base at opposed corresponding lateral limits thereof, said flanges defining generally vertical sidewall means retaining said tabs therebetween and limiting shifting of said tabs laterally outwardly from a position of engagement with said base.
 3. A display stand as set forth in claim 1 wherein said tray and header card assembly constitutes a one-piece blank of paperboard and the like formed with a fold line separating said base from said header panel.
 4. A display stand as set forth in claim 2 wherein said side flanges are integral with said base and are joined thereto along front to rear fold lines.
 5. A display stand as set forth in claim 1 wherein said tabs are integral lateral extensions of said header panel. 